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Synchronous Interactions Foster Empathy
Despite growing interest in the neuroscience of empathy, very little is known about the developmental processes that foster the neural maturation of an empathic response. Here, we suggest that the synchronous interaction shapes and fosters the ability to empathize with others. We argue that this int...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6657123/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31384131 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1179069519865799 |
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author | Levy, Jonathan Feldman, Ruth |
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description | Despite growing interest in the neuroscience of empathy, very little is known about the developmental processes that foster the neural maturation of an empathic response. Here, we suggest that the synchronous interaction shapes and fosters the ability to empathize with others. We argue that this intriguing relationship between synchrony and empathy expands beyond the mother-child relationship to social relationships in general. It will be important to further explore this relationship in more social settings and to probe the biological mechanisms, which may underlie it. Advancing research on the relationship between these two social processes may support the work of practitioners, psychologists, and educators in moderating the devastating outcomes of mental disorders and promoting social maturity and growth. |
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spelling | pubmed-66571232019-08-05 Synchronous Interactions Foster Empathy Levy, Jonathan Feldman, Ruth J Exp Neurosci Commentary Despite growing interest in the neuroscience of empathy, very little is known about the developmental processes that foster the neural maturation of an empathic response. Here, we suggest that the synchronous interaction shapes and fosters the ability to empathize with others. We argue that this intriguing relationship between synchrony and empathy expands beyond the mother-child relationship to social relationships in general. It will be important to further explore this relationship in more social settings and to probe the biological mechanisms, which may underlie it. Advancing research on the relationship between these two social processes may support the work of practitioners, psychologists, and educators in moderating the devastating outcomes of mental disorders and promoting social maturity and growth. SAGE Publications 2019-07-24 /pmc/articles/PMC6657123/ /pubmed/31384131 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1179069519865799 Text en © The Author(s) 2019 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Commentary Levy, Jonathan Feldman, Ruth Synchronous Interactions Foster Empathy |
title | Synchronous Interactions Foster Empathy |
title_full | Synchronous Interactions Foster Empathy |
title_fullStr | Synchronous Interactions Foster Empathy |
title_full_unstemmed | Synchronous Interactions Foster Empathy |
title_short | Synchronous Interactions Foster Empathy |
title_sort | synchronous interactions foster empathy |
topic | Commentary |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6657123/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31384131 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1179069519865799 |
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